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A. The Namib Desert runs along the coast from Angola in the north, through Namibia to South Africa in the south. Namibia also borders the landlocked countries of Botswana to the east and Zambia on its northeast corner. Namibia is Africa’s driest country south of the huge Sahara Desert.
C. Mongolia has 5.2 people for each square mile of its territory. Australia and Namibia rank second among independent nations with 7.8 people per square mile. In third place are Canada, Guyana, Iceland, Libya, and Suriname with10 people per square mile
C. South Africa ranks as the most unequal nation, with the top 10% of families collecting 50.5% of the country’s income and the bottom 10% getting just 0.9%. In Namibia, the top 10% gets 47.3% of the income. All of Namibia’s neighbors rank among the world’s 10 most unequal nations, according to the CIA World Factbook.
D. The area that is now Namibia first came under foreign rule in 1884 when Germany made it the colony of German South West Africa. South African troops took the territory from the Germans during World War I. Namibians won independence from South Africa after a two-decade insurgent war.